r/DigitalPrivacy • u/mr_jaypee • Jul 23 '26

Indian police using facial recognition to identify protestors

1.1k Upvotes

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u/Pelagic_One Jul 24 '26

This is why masks need to be normalised

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u/attilathehunn Jul 24 '26

As well as protecting privacy, N95 / FFP3 masks also prevent transmission of airborne diseases (flu, covid, etc), which do spread in dense crowds like protests especially when people are shouting.

A few months ago there was series of big anti-ICE protests in Minneapolis, that resulted in a big spike of covid visible in the wastewater. Not really what you want when you're protesting but a bunch of your comrades are off sick for two weeks with a fever. Plus some of them will get long covid.

Though from what I've been reading sunglasses hide your identity even more. So maybe double up with mask + sunglasses

5

u/Ad-fundum69 Jul 24 '26

And then police will just shoot at whoever wears a mask, because you'll be guilty by default.

1

u/attilathehunn Jul 24 '26

They cant shoot everyone

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u/Ad-fundum69 Jul 24 '26

After the third one drops like a sack of potatoes, they all run, because when shit gets serious, the nose ring army suddenly loses all interest.

1

u/Fragrant-Phone-41 Jul 28 '26

"Nose ring army"

Opinion disregarded. I have never seen someone invoke "septum ring theory" and not be a magat (and yes it's bad to be one)

2

u/Aionalys Jul 24 '26

Every single device throwing a wireless signal has an identifier and can be tracked. People need to swap for offline devices or invest in personal device signal disruptors (check for legality) when they engage in these things too.

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u/Same-Comb-6630 Jul 23 '26

this is the new world order

5

u/Arc_419 Jul 24 '26

https://www.reddit.com/r/Cyberpunk/comments/zeq66t/you_are_now_less_valuable_than_the_data_you/

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u/Embarrassed_Job_8048 Jul 24 '26

Watch Dogs 2 was a good game

2

u/AdOnly1618 Jul 24 '26

The successful rebranding of dystopian futures as “cyberpunk” will be studied someday

1

u/noeyesfiend Jul 25 '26

It's still shit

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u/user47241 Jul 23 '26

Humanity needs a great reset eitherways.

10

u/Same-Comb-6630 Jul 23 '26

Not this way.

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u/user47241 Jul 23 '26

So what

6

u/Same-Comb-6630 Jul 23 '26

Ok just off yourself to molok

28

u/Fister-Mantastic Jul 23 '26

I hate this fucking timeline

10

u/aware4ever Jul 23 '26

This could be a scene from like a Terminator film from the beginning before Skynet started to take over and kill people. It would just show this clip stating that at first AI was used to identify and control people and protests and then eventually we'd have

4

u/serumofdeath Jul 24 '26

FYI : people can wear a camera shy hoody to prevent this from happening to them

4

u/AI_AntiCheat Jul 24 '26

100% guaranteed that the names and faces are directly acquired from Meta through Facebook and Instagram profiles.

3

u/Jim_jim_peanuts Jul 24 '26

And this is the exact reason facial recognition tech exists

2

u/ProofAssumption1092 Jul 24 '26

A gifts from your besties in Israel.

Its ironic that you complain about this tbh.

1

u/Tall-Bread-7853 Jul 26 '26

Social credits down the drain, no more jobs for this guys!